The US Department of Energy is pleased to announce that the Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000958) for the FY-14 Early Career awards has been released.
Please note the climate and environmental science focus areas: (Topic b) Water Cycle Program Manager: Sally McFarlane, 301-903-0943, sally.mcfarl...@science.doe.gov Water is a key component of the Earth and human systems due to its strong interactions with the energy cycle and its vital roles in the energy-water-land system. Uncertainties in predicting the Earth's hydrological cycle limits our ability to address future energy and environmental challenges. Due to the multiple interactions among systems and processes, improved understanding of the hydrological cycle requires research on cloud, aerosol, terrestrial ecosystem and subsurface processes, as well as climate, Earth system, and integrated assessment modeling and analysis. Applications are sought that will reduce the uncertainty in model predictions of the hydrological cycle by making substantial progress on one or more of the specific topics below. Applications that propose process-level experimental, analysis, or modeling studies must indicate a clear path toward the incorporation of the improved process level understanding into Earth system models. As water cycle processes span a wide range of temporal and spatial scales, applicants are encouraged to address important multi-scale interactions associated with the specific topics and to utilize a hierarchy of models, as needed. Applications should also address uncertainty characterization of the measurements and/or model components and systems being studied. Applicants are encouraged to work with DOE-supported modeling systems and community models such as the Community Earth System Model, the Weather Research and Forecasting model, the Global Change Assessment Model, and the Integrated Global System Model. Specific topics of interest include: * Using data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) facilities to improve understanding and model representation of microphysical processes of precipitation. Particular emphasis is placed on research characterizing the multi-scale nature of precipitation processes that bridges the scale gaps between in situ or remote sensing measurements and the next generation of high resolution regional and global climate models. * Analysis of the multi-scale interactions of the coupled land-atmosphere system needed to enable better prediction of the water cycle at regional to global scales in climate and earth system models, including how errors/biases in one component of the system affect the other components. * Multi-scale methods and approaches for high-resolution modeling of energy (production and use)-water-land system dynamics, with a particular focus on multiple stressors and/or extreme events. * Improved understanding of surface water - groundwater - soil moisture interactions and the role of fine-scale topography, soil structure and vegetation dynamics (including roots and microbial interactions) controlling the multi scale hydrological and biogeochemical functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Proposed research that is focused primarily on aquatic systems and properties will not be considered. See http://science.energy.gov/early-career/ for more information. The schedule is listed below. Due date for Pre-applications: 5-Sep-13, 5 pm eastern time Encourage/Discourage Decisions: 3-Oct-13 Due date for Proposals: 19-Nov-13, 5 pm eastern time Note that pre-applications from everyone and lab proposals from DOE national laboratories must be submitted directly in PAMS this year. That means all Principal Investigators MUST register and create accounts in PAMS. Please encourage interested PIs to register right away. Registration information is in the solicitations and FAQs. Due times are 5 pm this year (instead of the usual 11:59 pm) to take advantage of the PAMS help desk hours. __________________________________________ Daniel B. Stover, PhD Program Manager, Terrestrial Ecosystem Sciences Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Office of Biological and Environmental Research SC-23.1 / Germantown Building U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20585 tel. 301-903-0289 fax. 301-903-8519 email: daniel.sto...@science.doe.gov<mailto:gerald.geerna...@science.doe.gov> http://www.sc.doe.gov/ober/CESD_top.html BER advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and scientific facilities for DOE missions in energy, environment, and basic research. __________________________________________ Daniel B. Stover, PhD Program Manager, Terrestrial Ecosystem Sciences Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Office of Biological and Environmental Research SC-23.1 / Germantown Building U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20585 tel. 301-903-0289 fax. 301-903-8519 email: daniel.sto...@science.doe.gov<mailto:gerald.geerna...@science.doe.gov> http://www.sc.doe.gov/ober/CESD_top.html BER advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and scientific facilities for DOE missions in energy, environment, and basic research.
